The Pre-Crime Society
Author | : Arrigo, Bruce |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2021-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781529205275 |
ISBN-13 | : 1529205271 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Pre-Crime Society written by Arrigo, Bruce and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We now live in a pre-crime society, in which information technology strategies and techniques such as predictive policing, actuarial justice and surveillance penology are used to achieve hyper-securitization. However, such securitization comes at a cost – the criminalization of everyday life is guaranteed, justice functions as an algorithmic industry and punishment is administered through dataveillance regimes. This pioneering book explores relevant theories, developing technologies and institutional practices and explains how the pre-crime society operates in the ‘ultramodern’ age of digital reality construction. Reviewing pre-crime's cultural and political effects, the authors propose new directions in crime control policy.